Cornwell Takes Eastern District Post for Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Harold B. Cornwell of Athens named manager of Ohio Fuel Gas Co. Eastern District based in Cambridge effective May 1. He will oversee operations in 18 counties as the company serves 77 000 customers in 120 communities. successor for Southeastern District yet to be chosen. Cornwell has 20 years with Ohio Fuel and prior service in World War II and local civic groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold B. Cornwell
Athens
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Cambridge
Columbus
Frank S. Williams
Ohio Fuel
Cornwell
Williams
Southeastern
Glouster
Ohio University
Carpenter Hardware Co
Armed services notes on local servicemen and their assignments
The column lists Pvt. Thomas Danner and colleagues with ties to Athens Ohio and surrounding areas. It details their roles from medical specialists to machinist mates aboard ships, and notes schooling, addresses, and current stations such as Stanton California, Quonset Point Rhode Island, White Sands New Mexico, Great Lakes Illinois, and Fort Knox Kentucky.
Columbus Suspect Apprehended in Armed Robbery Probe
Columbus resident William Frank lin Burton, 36, sought for an armed tavern robbery, was arrested in Athens County Thursday by sheriff's deputies and turned over to Columbus detectives Friday. He was captured at the Luh rig aunt's residence by Deputies Sam Buffington and Carl Welling without resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Athens County
William Franklin Burton
Burton
Luhrig
Sam Buffington
Carl Welling
Athens Rites Set Saturday for Adolph Brown
Adolph Brown a native of Athens died Thursday in Lancaster. He was son of Mr and Mrs Frank Brown and left Athens County with his large family. Funeral services are set for Saturday at Frank Smith funeral home Lancaster with burial planned for 3 30 p m in West Union Street cemetery here.
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Adolph Brown
Athens
Lancaster
Brown
Athens County
Frank Brown
Frank Smith
West Union Street
Births and admissions at Sheltering Arms Hospital
Births include a son for Mr. and Mrs. Curry Bartlett of Athens and a son for Mr. and Mrs. Oris Rutter of Athens Route 3. Admissions list Barbara Allen Athens Route, Mary Lou Clench Athens Route 5, David Sekeres Athens, and others with several dismissals. Blood used one pint.
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Curry Bartlett
Athens
Oris Rutter
Barbara Allen
Danny Dadisman
Mary Lou Clench
David Sekeres
Alton Tenney
Albany
Larry James
Hanson C. Martin
Lorrie Watson
Paul Ferry
Cecily Jukes
Patricia Legg
Charles T. Williams
Robert Webb
Guysville
William Gaskins
Margaret Ruman
Richard Antoinette
Hazel Burke
Carpenter
Jack Carmichael
Stanley Folden
Stephen Smith
Trimble
Batteries Stolen From Gas Drilling Establishment
Theft reported to the sheriff by Grim Brothers for two batteries at a gas drilling site on Thompson Ridge off Route 690. One battery sunk and the other a new Delco six volt battery attached to a power unit.
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Thompson Ridge
Route 690
Sheriff's Department
Grim Brothers
Delco
Athens Native Named To OU Sanitarian Post
James N. Westfall of Athens is named Sanitarian for Ohio University by President John C. Baker. A 1950 OU graduate with a UC master’s, he returns from Jackson Vinton Lawrence Counties health post to develop OU environmental health programs including food inspection in dorms fraternities and sororities. Westfall will work from Hudson Health Center with the Health and Sanitation Committee and hold dual state registrations as sanitarian in Ohio and California. He is an Army veteran and serves as president of the Ohio Association of Public Health Sanitarians. He and his wife have two children Stephanie and Michael.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James N. Westfall
Athens
Ohio University
John C. Baker
University of California
Westfall
Jackson
Vinton
Lawrence
Baker
Hudson Health Center
R. A. Murchison
Murchison
Laverne F. Lausche
Margaret Davis
Margaret Deppen
Paul Schafer
Carl A. Frey
Marion
Ohio Department of Health
Jackson-Vinton- Lawrence
Ohio
California
Ohio Association of Public Health Sanitarians
The
National Association of Sanitarians
Fire Destroys Barn on Hamley Run Farm
At the Arthur Mace farm on Hamley Run near the E M Poston Power Plant a barn and building supplies were burned. Lester Taylor’s barn took fire spread to hay but was stopped by Waterloo Township volunteers who arrived with two engines and ten men. The alarm came at 1 15 a m and the cause was not yet determined with loss estimates unavailable. The fire followed a prior brush burn near Waterloo High School at Dick Furnace home.
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Arthur Mace
Hamley Run
E. M. Poston
Waterloo Township
Lester Taylor
Mace
Waterloo
Dick Furnace
Waterloo High School
Mother of Athens Resident Dies in Canton
Mrs. Earl Crites mother of Mrs. James Snyder of Athens died Friday in Canton after hospitalization at Timken Mercy Hospital. Funeral services are set for 1 30 p.m. Monday at Reed Funeral Home Canton Bath Road. Mr. Snyder and Mrs. Snyder left for Canton yesterday.
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Earl Crites
James Snyder
Athens
Canton
Crites
Timken Mercy Hospital
Reed Funeral Home
Bath Road
Snyder
Ohio University
Jail Release for Athens Man in Tire Case
Roger Gilkey 21 of Athens Route 3 was released Thursday from Athens County jail after pleading no contest to removing a tire from Myrtle G. Williams car without permission. The case is continued 15 days and he must return the tire and tube.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Gilkey
Athens Route 3
Athens County
Myrtle G. Williams
Fraud Investigation Involving Local Cleaning Complaint
Deputy sheriffs investigate alleged fraud reported by Goldie Colmer in Shade. She says two men charged her 84 dollars for cleaning an outside toilet.
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Goldie Colmer
Shade
No Meeting Planned by Athens Council Knights
Athens Council Knights of Columbus will not meet Sunday due to Easter holiday. A meeting will be held at 7 30 p m on April 9.
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Athens
Knights of Columbus
OU Library Special Hours Noted During Vacation
Ohio University's Chubb Library will open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, closed all day Sunday. Hours 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. will run Monday and Tuesday, resuming regular schedule Wednesday with students back in class. College of Education library mirrors hours but closes at 5 p.m.
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Ohio University
Chubb
College of Education
Flora Cochran 93 Dies In Albany Rest Home
Flora Cochran of The Plains aged 93 died Thursday night in Albany Rest Home after years of ill health. Born in Vinton County she lived most of her life in Athens County and 41 years in The Plains. Survived by two sons A B Cochran The Plains Harold Cochran Columbus a daughter Blanche Bobbitt Columbus 14 grandchildren and many great grandchildren and great great grandchildren two sisters Ida Hambleton California and Bertha McKibben McArthur. Funeral Sunday 1 30 p m at The Plains Methodist Church Rev Evan Edwards with burial Nye Cemetery Chauncey. Friends may visit Hughes Funeral Home after 3 p m Saturday.
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Vinton County
Athens County
the Plains
Ida Hambleton
California
Bertha McKibben
McArthur
Plains Methodist Church
Evan Edwards
Nye Cemetery
Chauncey
Hughes Funeral Home
Traffic fine levied on George E. Williams in Municipal Court
George E. Williams aged 33 of Athens Route 5 was fined five dollars and costs after pleading guilty to a charge that he had no operator's license in Municipal Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Williams
Athens
Good Friday Weather Report From Athens and Surrounding Areas
Inclement weather dominated Good Friday in Athens with a cold rain totaling .03 inch by 11 a.m. The day’s temperature rose just one degree from a 39 degree low. Thursday’s high reached 55, while rural Hamley Run reported a 29 degree low after a 54 degree high yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
U. S
C. L. Colmer
Hamley Run
Vandals threaten road slip near Dow Lake
County officials warn that teenagers have removed barricades and warning lights from a dangerous slip on Strouds Run Road near the Dow Lake area. Engineer Harry Dust says the area is barricaded and lit but vandals have repeatedly interfered. The road will be repaired when dry and the site will be patrolled to catch those responsible.
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Harry Dust
Strouds Run Road
Dow Lake
Dust
Jury awards 10000 to suit plaintiff in Ohio case
A Common Pleas Court jury awarded Cecil G. and Helen Pidcock 10000 in damages from Oval Woods for injuries in a January 1958 traffic crash at Routes 56 and 682. Plaintiffs sought 90000. separate actions requested 75000 and 15000. Eleven jurors concurred. Cook did not sign the verdict report.
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Common Pleas Court
Cecil G
Helen Pidcock
New Marshfield
Oval Woods, Ath
Pidcock
Cook
J R Milliron Rites Planned
Jacob Russell Milliron 60 of Elmore Road Columbus died Thursday morning in University Hospital after two weeks illness He born in Mason County West Virginia and lived in New Marshfield area before moving to Columbus eight years ago He was a stone mason Survived by wife Mary three daughters Rolland McKibben The Plains Kenneth Gaby Fort Wayne Ind Virgil Reed Athens two sons Glen Akron Sherwin Athens three sisters and nine grandchildren Services Saturday 2 p.m. Hughes Funeral Home with Rev R D Brown Burial New Marshfield Cemetery Friends may call after 10 a.m. Saturday
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Jacob Russell Milliron
Elmore Rd
Columbus
University Hospital
Mason County
W. Va
New Marshfield
Millican
Mary of
Rolland McKibben
the Plains
Kenneth Gaby
Fort Wayne
Ind
Virgil Reed
Athens
Glen
Akron
Sherwin
Hughes Funeral Home
R. D. Brown
New Marshfield Cemetery
Funeral
Trespass Cited In Athens Rooming House Case
Robert Foreman of Athens Route 4 was fined 15 dollars plus costs in Municipal Court after being found guilty of trespassing charges filed by Mrs. Floyd Cooper, owner of a rooming house at 38 West State Street.
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Robert Foreman
Athens Route 4
Floyd Cooper
State St
Real Estate Correction in Athens Clarifies Parcel Transfer
A correction notes Lora Richey of Athens transfers twenty nine hundredths of an acre to Wilma Gabriel and Martha Good in Athens. The notice records the parcel details and names the involved parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lora Richey
Athens
Wilma Gabriel
Martha Goodin
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